Month: June 2015

  • Doek Festival Blog #1

    Bydoek Uncategorized

    Taylor Ho Bynum2Blog #1 by Kevin Whitehead
    Photography by Sara Anke Morris

    Doek Meets Tri-Centric: what a great idea. Ten musicians from the US (including Tri-Centric founder, saxophonist, official Jazz Master and classical composer Anthony Braxton) and ten-plus from Amsterdam, coming together to play big pieces by members of the ensemble, and to play in small, improvising combinations. This is my kind of festival; that combination of ad hoc groups and big anchor pieces recalls for me the Bimhuis’s 1991 October Meeting—the first place I saw many of the Dutch masters in person.…

  • Doek Festival 2015

    ByColin McLean News

    Doek Festival 2015 flyer

    Doek meets Tri-Centric: improvisation & composition

    June 2→7, 2015
    Bimhuis and other Amsterdam venues

    The Doek Festival has developed over the years into a significant event for improvised music. For the next edition, we’re collaborating with the Tri-Centric Foundation to present the music of one of the greatest living composers and improvisers, Anthony Braxton.…